Kramer Family Tree » August Hansen Forslund (1863-????)

Birthday January 1, 1863

• The temperature on January 1, 1863 was about 3.6 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m² and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
  • June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
  • September 6 » American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
  • September 7 » American Civil War: Union troops under Quincy A. Gillmore captures Fort Wagner in Morris Island after a 7-week siege.
  • September 19 » American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
  • November 23 » American Civil War: Battle of Chattanooga begins: Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant reinforce troops at Chattanooga, Tennessee, and counter-attack Confederate troops.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1859 » Michael Joseph Owens, American inventor († 1923)
• 1859 » Thibaw Min, Burmese king († 1916)
• 1860 » Michele Lega, Italian cardinal († 1935)
• 1863 » Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee († 1937)
• 1864 » Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator († 1946)
• 1864 » Qi Baishi, Chinese painter († 1957)